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London Police headquarters (File photo) London police have charged a pair of twin brothers with drug possession, including oft-deadly fentanyl – a drug officials have said could be at the root of a recent raft of overdoses across Southwestern Ontario.Police say the men, aged 33, were...
NEWS RELEASE NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE ************************* Since the summer of 2018, members of the 1 District (St. Catharines) Street Crime Unit have been investigating two males allegedly trafficking fentanyl in the Niagara region. Following an investigation, with the assistance of...
NORWICH - A Norwich man and woman are facing narcotics-related charges following a drug raid Thursday afternoon, according to police.Police said they applied for and were granted a search warrant which they served 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 13 Carlson Street.The search came as the result...
AMARILLO – Over two pounds of fentanyl, eight pounds of marijuana, and approximately 20 pounds of THC products were discovered and seized after a traffic stop by a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper is Carson County on Monday. The traffic stop took place at around 5:29 p.m....
Norwich — City police say two people have been arrested and several drugs seized in connection with a recent overdose investigation.An overdose prompted Officer Nathan O'Keefe and the department's Narcotics Division to obtain a search warrant for 13 Carlson St. on Thursday evening, according to a news...
Last May, staff from New York City’s Department of Health and Hygiene toured bars and nightclubs to spread the word that the city’s cocaine was being laced with the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl. “We want [people] to know that fentanyl is in our cocaine supply,...
Chemists and engineers are turning their attention to trying to alleviate some of the suffering caused by the opioid epidemic ravaging the US, driven by an unprecedented surge in deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opiates. Overall, opioid-related deaths in the US spiked from approximately 18,500...
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Sam McNeil / AP Liu Yuejin, vice commissioner of the National Narcotics Control Commission, speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Monday, April 1, 2019. China announced Monday that all fentanyl-related drugs, as a group, would become controlled substances, effective May 1,...
By Mike Donoghue, Reformer Correspondent BURLINGTON — A federal magistrate ordered a Manchester man — wanted as a major distributor for fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in Southern Vermont — held without bail following his arraignment Thursday in Burlington.Torrie D. Smith, 29, pleaded not guilty...
Sen. Rob Portman’s STOP Act aimed to beef up the U.S. Postal Service’s...
Sen. Rob Portman’s STOP Act aimed to beef up the U.S. Postal Service’s...
Sen. Rob Portman’s STOP Act aimed to beef up the U.S. Postal Service’s...
BEFORE THAT, HE HIT TWO OTHER VEHICLES AT A NEARBY INTERSECTION. TO A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHINA DELIVERS ON ITS PROMISE TO CRACK DOWN ON FENTANYL. CHINA ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK IT WOULD CRACK DOWN ON VARIOUS FORMS OF...
Bipartisan bill calls for sanctions if China fails to crack down on fentanyl Updated: 11:22 PM EDT Apr 4, 2019 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BEFORE THAT, HE HIT TWO OTHER VEHICLES AT A NEARBY INTERSECTION. TO A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHINA DELIVERS ON...
Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Washington, D.C. - (WBRE/WYOU) In light of the large number...
FALL RIVER — A drug dealer who lived in both Fairhaven and New Bedford has been sentenced to up to seven-and-a-half years in state prison.Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III's Office says Zachary Lovegrove, 29, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court last week...
Four people were arrested, including a woman who remains in custody, after Vernon RCMP executed a search warrant on Wednedsay, seizing drugs, money and stolen property.The search warrant took place at a home in the 3000 block of 39th Avenue.In announcing...
Several people died after overdosing on fentanyl-laced cocaine Alex Schmidt / Getty Images A police officer who provided a judge with information to obtain a search warrant in a fentanyl trafficking investigation said he was unaware that two of the suspected drug dealers were not picked out...
The Schuylkill County Drug Task Force seized over $22,000 worth of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana at a Pottsville home on Thursday morning. On Thursday, April 4, 2019, members of the Schuylkill County District Attorney’s Office, Drug Task Force, Pennsylvania State Police and Pottsville Bureau of Police,...
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Congress is ramping up pressure on China to crack down on the shipment of the deadly, synthetic opioid fentanyl, this as President Donald Trump meets with the vice premier of China amid crucial trade talks between the two countries. It’s not often the Senate’s Democratic leader...
Fentanyl and meth that were seized in January by Customs and Border Protection officers is shown at a news conference in Nogales, Ariz. (Mamta Popat/AP) THERE WERE 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017, according to the...
Wilmington Police Departments announces details about Operation Toothfairy on April 4, 2019. (Photo: WWAY) ...
Cascone visits her daughter's gravesite every day. She prays and sings a song. The headstone shows that Katie Lynn Sheidt would be turning 35 on Monday. Cascone buried Katie in October of 2014. She was 30 when she died of a heroin overdose. The 2002 Saratoga Springs...
As baseless public health scares go, the one about police officers and nurses purportedly overdosing from passive fentanyl exposure should have been easy to dispel. Emergency workers across the country have reported dozens of such incidents in recent years, but their symptoms are often inconsistent...
CLOSE York City police Officer Derek Hartman describes the rules for motor vehicles and pedestrians at crosswalks. Paul Kuehnel and Teresa Boeckel, York Daily RecordScott Michael Klunk is charged in connection with the death of Lonny Baer, 28, after...
Calls to address the opioid crisis resumed Thursday as lawmakers released a bill that aims to curb the flow of illegal opioids into the United States and another to help physicians learn more about a patient’s substance abuse history.The separate actions by a bipartisan group...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Noting that an average of 11 Ohioans die each day from opioid overdoses, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown on Thursday sponsored a bipartisan bill that would impose sanctions on China for producing fentanyl that makes its way to the United States.The...
ZANESVILLE - Four Zanesville residents have been charged with trafficking drugs following a multi-county investigation. On Thursday, while investigating a citizens complaint about drug activity at an apartment located at 715 Elberon Ave., in downtown Zanesville, ZPD officers initiated a traffic stop.Richard Goldsmith (Photo: Submitted)Richard Goldsmith, 41,...
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and a bipartisan group of Senators want sanctions on the table to ensure the Chinese government adequately regulates fentanyl. The Chinese government agreed earlier this week to classify fentanyl and its variants as controlled substances. The measure would set the...
A homeless heroin addict pauses to shoot up by a railway underpass in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, which has become a hub for heroin use. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and a high-powered nonprofit are embroiled in a legal battle over the...
HARTFORD, CT — It makes little sense to some legislators that they’ve spent the past few years passing numerous bills to combat the opioid epidemic but have done nothing to increase the penalties for those who traffic fentanyl — the drug that contributes more than...
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Brockton police said a traffic stop for speeding led to an arrest for fentanyl possession in the city. BROCKTON – A 21-year-old Brockton man was pulled over for speeding in the city, driving a van with out of state license plates, according to police.But the traffic...
SIMCOE — A Norfolk County drug dealer, who temporarily cleaned up his life, was returned to penitentiary after pleading guilty to trafficking in fentanyl.On Nov. 13, 2017, James Edward Close, 57, ran from police when they stopped the vehicle he was in but he was...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of the large number of overdose deaths from fentanyl, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Democratic Leader Chuck...
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn outreach program and follow-up survey by Brown University in the United States aims to prevent overdoses in drug users by using fentanyl testing strips.Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is cut in with drug purchases (such as cocaine or heroin)...
Schumer - Toomey - WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says “illicit fentanyl” has inflicted severe suffering on Pennsylvania families and communities. To address the problem, Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, on Thursday introduced new legislation to stop the influx...
A homeless heroin addict pauses to shoot up by a railway underpass in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, which has become a hub for heroin use. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and a high-powered nonprofit are embroiled in a legal battle over the...
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday sanctioning drug traffickers to strong-arm China into following through on its pledge to slow the supply of the deadly opioid fentanyl to the U.S. ...
There is a wide gap between the sentences the Crown and defence are seeking for a young man busted twice with a quantity of narcotics that included fentanyl, cocaine and heroin. Federal prosecutor Ben Pritchard argued Wednesday that...
Guelph police say more charges have been laid after officers seized $80,000 worth of fentanyl last month.Police arrested two men on March 20 after carrying out two overnight search warrants in the city’s west end. READ MORE: 2 Kitchener residents arrested in...
First, to the extent possible, we should try to curb Chinese high-technology firms’ access to Western markets. These businesses are a security threat, and the Trump administration is right to be concerned. If a company like Huawei is asked to cooperate with Chinese State Security...
Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced...
DERBY, CT — A man who was caught transporting 25 kilograms of fentanyl in Derby was sentenced to 30 months in prison.Law enforcement stopped a tractor-trailer that was being driven by Erick Crespo-Escalante, 49, of Arizona on Route 34 in Derby in December 2016. The...
A large amount of heroin and fentanyl was intercepted on its way to the Battle Creek area this week after a bust by a coalition of area law enforcement agencies.WOODTV says that according to the Southwest Enforcement Team, authorities were tipped off that the drugs were...
A man who works for a drug-treatment service was charged with possessing fentanyl...